Chapter 302 This is the Demon Sword
The longing and emotion just now were destroyed without a trace in an instant. The strong contrast between expectation and reality made Chu Ge's blood almost rush to his head and his face turned red.
I have heard of many similar things. Even textbooks have not escaped this. Publishing houses can arbitrarily change the original text "Grandma Bridge" to "Grandma Bridge". There are even more cases of online writers, as if publishing houses cannot highlight their cultural status if they do not delete and modify the text.
Chu Ge's book is also very exaggerated. There is almost no original text. Everything has been deleted and revised, with a word here and a punctuation there. Even the paragraphs have to be adjusted, and some sentences have even been deleted.
Normally, I would just listen to a few scoldings, but when it comes to me, I get so angry that I have a brain hemorrhage. All I can think of is this: "Why did you change my things without permission?"
It is very frustrating to publish something on the Internet and have it censored and edited, but I can still tolerate it because it is risk-related and there is nothing I can do about it.
What's the point of changing sentences that have nothing to do with the risk? Adjusting the word order and modifying the wording are ways to show that you are cultured?
Have you ever thought that this is an insult to the original author, or at the very least, disrespectful?
If you are educated, why don’t you publish a book yourself?
What's more, some sentences are not redundant just because you think they are redundant. Some are necessary for playing memes, and some may even involve foreshadowing. They may seem cumbersome at first glance, but in fact they cannot be deleted randomly.
Even if you want to make changes, you have to ask the original author. After obtaining consent, everything will be fine. Everyone in the script knows that they have to respect the original author's opinion, right?
Chu Ge originally wanted to buy a book to take back, but he couldn't buy it. He took out his mobile phone, took pictures of two pages, and left the bookstore angrily.
Judging from the look on his face, he was planning to post a separate chapter or a Weibo post to curse people.
Qiu Wuji reluctantly went to the printing shop next door to retrieve the manuscript and drawings, and hurriedly chased Chu Ge back, not knowing whether he should give Chu Ge some advice or what to do. There was no way to use his sword in this matter, it would be useless...
So it’s better to be in the world of immortal heroes. For example, if old man Ku Zhai dares to change his book, his head will be chopped off!
"Don't be anxious, let's communicate first..." Putting the draft aside, Qiu Wuji turned around and saw Chu Ge sitting in front of the document typing out the challenge. This was the only advice he could give.
Chu Ge said: "This is not a communication problem. There are many similar precedents. Printing is not just a matter of the past few days. It should have been printed long ago. At that time, I hadn't entered the book yet, and no one had ever communicated with me... It was just arrogance."
"Well. Calm down..."
"Qiuqiu, you know me. I'm just a stay-at-home guy. I don't care about most things. I only get angry once or twice. Do you know what makes me most angry about this matter?"
Qiu Wuji asked: "Disrespect?"
"That's just one aspect. The really scary thing is that although I didn't make the changes myself, I authorized the publication. Does it have any impact on the world in the book?"
Qiu Wuji was stunned for a moment, and instantly broke out in a cold sweat, his hair standing on end.
"Fortunately, this is just a sentence change, 'literature', and the plot has not been changed. Maybe it won't have any impact, but I dare not bet!" Chu Ge took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Our situation is different from other authors... We may not care about what others care about, and we may not tolerate what others can tolerate. Changing the content is our most untouchable reverse scale. I can't let this matter get worse no matter what, even if it means stopping publication!"
As he was speaking, the Weibo challenge had already been sent out. The title was simple: "Please publish your own book."
Then he attached two pages of photos and compared them with his original text, and tagged the publisher. The entire text only had one sentence: "I thought it was my book, but when I opened it, it turned out to be someone else's. No wonder it's the 'original'... Either republish and print it according to the original text, or stop publishing completely, that's it."
After posting on Weibo, Chu Ge did not continue to check it. There was no point in being angry, so he decided to just do his own thing first.
The young couple copied the scanned manuscript and drawings to the computer and were sorting them out when their Weibo account exploded.
At first, the group was still reposting Chu Ge’s Weibo, and those who were “fighting within the same family” and “staying prepared for war” were all ready to fight: “Fuck, what the hell is this?”
"That's what these old zombies are like. Arrogant."
"That's it? The revision is not better than the original. I feel it is not as smooth as the original."
"Oh, if they were really talented, they would have published their own books long ago. They are just good at picking out sentences, but in reality, that's just the way it is."
"It was also like this before..."
"Potato seems to have also complained about this..."
"No, what's the point of you discussing this here? Why don't you go and help?"
"How can we help? We can only forward this message and try our best."
"...Forget it, I don't think I need you anymore. Just check Weibo, it's horrible."
When everyone opened Weibo and saw the news, they were stunned.
Within just one hour, the original post was forwarded thousands of times, and following the Weibo post of Chugoet's publishing house, there were already over ten thousand curses, and the number was still increasing.
"Fuck, are the CP fans of Hatsuaki no Koi so scary?"
"I remember that most of them don't read books. Otherwise, with so many followers, their grades would have been off the charts long ago. Why are they floating around in the top ten?"
“They don’t read books, but use Weibo.”
Although this is a microblog dedicated to posting CP dog food, the majority of people seem to be CP fans, many of whom do not read the books. But in fact, the works are the cornerstone. CP fans recommend it to others first by saying "this is a book, it's very good" or "the girl is a painter, she paints very well", and then they support the CP. The perception that "my idol is very talented" is the basis for everyone to gather together and not disperse after watching a gust of wind. It is not important at all whether you read the works yourself.
As a result, my idol's work was bullied. He is much more powerful than ordinary readers!
Readers are still commenting on the changes, while the publisher’s Weibo account has been bombarded with comments…
The publisher was stunned. They had just published the book, but because of the poor coordination with the website, they hadn't started promoting it yet. They didn't know what had happened, but they found that their Weibo account had been flooded with messages. Some people even called the publisher to curse and threatened to report the copyright infringement.
No, judging from the tone, someone may have already reported this to the cultural department...
What is this? If it’s copyright infringement, why don’t you sue? What’s the point of reporting it? How come you are so skilled at this? How many times have you done this before?
Anyway, it seems something went wrong.
The publishing house called the website in a panic, and the website was a little dumbfounded.
I've encountered similar things before, but even more famous authors didn't take it as far as Chu Ge did. What kind of people are these people...
But the website didn’t intend to cover up for the publisher. After repeated similar incidents, the website was also angry and responded coldly: “We gave you the author’s contact information a long time ago and asked you to communicate more. Didn’t you even add it?”
The publishing house has never added the author’s QQ.
In traditional thinking, online literature is really not worthy of being published. It is published because they think there is a market and money to be made, not because they really think your work has any value. So in their eyes, almost every sentence is not literary, and every sentence should be revised... How can they take the initiative to communicate with the author?
Even though similar incidents had happened several times, they still reluctantly printed the original text in the end, but they just couldn't help their arrogant hands.
As a result, this time TM actually offended the fan circle...
Chu Ge swore that he had never thought of such a development. He had just opened a Weibo account because Zhang Qiren had given him a small suggestion, thinking that such good popularity should not be wasted... And wasn't it normal to post a Weibo post to fight about such things? As a result, he usually scolded the fan circle, but this time he became the leader of the fan circle, which was unexpected.
But I have to admit that the fighting power is really strong...
When Chu Ge received the QQ application from the editor of the publishing house, he hadn't even finished organizing the manuscript. His efficiency was like a dream.
"What happened?" Chu Ge couldn't help but turn around and ask Qiu Wuji: "This QQ application is actually 'coming to apologize to Teacher Chu'. Did you put your flying sword on their necks?"
Qiu Wuji stared blankly at the grand event on Weibo, and actually said: "This is a magic sword, it hurts others and yourself, don't use it lightly..."
(End of this chapter)
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